Turtle Island Productions was formed in 1995 by filmmaker and Director of Photography James M. Fortier.
TIP focuses on two distinct areas of production; broadcast and corporate video, as well as Native American productions.
The former includes cable and broadcast specials and news events, corporate teleconferences, sales and training videos, marketing and promotional videos; and video production for the web, DVDs, and video games.
The latter area of production includes dramatic, educational, and documentary videos focusing on Native American issues and stories.
James Fortier is an award winning Writer/Producer/Director working primarily in video, television and web site production.
Jim was the Associate Producer and Writer for the 5 -Time Emmy Award winning "Waasa-inaabidaa: We Look In All Directions," a six-hour national PBS documentary series focusing on the history of the Ojibway people of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
The series also received the Best Documentary Feature Award at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco. He is also the producer for the companion web site at www.ojibwe.org.
Jim, who is Métis- Ojibway, also recently directed, co-wrote, and was the DP for the documentary "Alcatraz Is Not An Island," which received the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 1999 American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco, and was selected by the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in 2001.
Check out their website: http://www.turtle-island.com/ojibmovies.html
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